בְּלִיַּעַל
bᵉlîyaʻal · bel-e-yah'-al
without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1097 (בְּלִי) and H3276 (יַעַל);(often in connection with H376 (אִישׁ), H802 (אִשָּׁה), H1121 (בֵּן), etc.)
without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness
- without profit, worthlessness
- by extension, destruction, wickedness
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › to see and know › authority, the one who leads
The house, what is within of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּלִיַּעַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of belial14 · 52%
- of ungodly men2 · 7%
- an ungodly2 · 7%
- in thy wicked1 · 4%
- and men of belial1 · 4%
- but the sons of belial1 · 4%
- thou art wicked1 · 4%
- an evil1 · 4%
- no wicked1 · 4%
- a naughty1 · 4%
- a wicked1 · 4%
- for the wicked1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.